Blob to Floor Pates help

[Tom Klaber]

I am sure this is super basic, but I am having a little trouble.

As a an starter exercise, I wanted to create floor slabs from a blob.

So I created a named subdivision object, and created a script to create contours.

I tried converting the contours to polygons and then creating slabs from the polygons, but it did not work.

I also tried just extruding the polygons, and it was actually closer - as the created objects had the right z value, but the extrudes are not complete - just little snippets.

What am I doing wrong?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

[Tom Klaber]

I think I need a compose node.

It seems that when the curves are converted to polygons - it is creating a group of polygon segments. I need to then compose those into a single polygon - then turn it into a slab.

Is there a compose node?

[Marissa Farrell]

There's not currently a compose node, and I also was thinking along the same lines, however I don't think that's the solution to this anyhow.

I'll keep you updated on my troubleshooting.

[rDesign]

Tom - this reminded me of this post by Luis M Ruiz where he used Marionette to slice up solids, he was slicing up buildings to create floor plates. You might be able to modify his Marionette network to work with your Subdivision object.

[AlanW]

Hi,

Look at this post I used Slice to cut a shape and loft so may help.

Hi,

https://techboard.vectorworks.net/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=222619#Post222619

Edited February 9, 2016 by Alan Woodwell